Seniors Unhappy With Virtual Graduation
Synia Thrower, Mirada Staff
May 6, 2020
Graduation Update Despite negative feedback from students and parents regarding graduation, the district has continued to move on with plans for virtual graduation. It will air on YouTube on June 9 2020. × Dismiss alert For high school students, graduation is the reward at the end of their adolescent e...
Students Have Trouble Adapting to New Online Classes
Sumaya Mayaar, Guest Writer
May 6, 2020
Since school closed because of COVID-19, the district switched to online classes. It is hard for students to adapt to this new way of learning. Students have trouble teaching themselves and easily get stressed and are not mentally and emotionally ready for teaching themselves. Stressing over their...
Gen Z Takes Over
Annalee Gorman, Mirada Staff
May 1, 2020
Generation Z, the “iPhone” generation, does not have a reputable reputation amongst other generations. Born between 1997-2010, Gen Z makes up 25 percent of America’s most diverse population so far. But what most don’t know, is how crucial this generation’s role is for the future. Studies ...
Teacher shares his concerns
Adam Bearson, Guest Writer
April 21, 2020
Some people believe that I should focus on the Teacher’s Union’s decision to change the grading policy. These people believe that I should direct my “anger” at the union for putting teachers and students in this position. Of course it may be natural to feel angry, and I understand why people wan...
Bored? Things to do during coronavirus shut-in
Jessica Sheppard, Mirada Staff
March 22, 2020
Read. This may seem boring at first however once you have watched what seems like all the content on Tik Tok this idea isn’t too bad. You can go outside and escape from all the noise of the internet. Listen to some music. Whether you’re into rap, country, pop, or classical this is the time to downl...
Problems in California’s Fitness Testing
Jessica Sheppard, Mirada Staff
March 16, 2020
The fitness test was originally created to monitor fitness levels of students, but many believe that the current program needs to be changed. This would be focused on reducing the amount of body shaming that has occured from the current test and to help include students who don’t identify with the t...
In This Case The Most Generous Interpretation of Events is Also the Most Plausible
Adam Bearson, School Staff/Guest Writer
March 13, 2020
Many parents, especially Jewish parents--and I am a Jewish parent--may believe that the history of anti-semitism directs us to seek out the most sinister interpretation, the one that will inspire our community to rise up and stamp out any festering hatred in our school. But doing so may have the opposite effect.
This I Believe: Losing a friend made me appreciate the people in my life
Sumaya Mayaar, Guest Writer
March 9, 2020
Enjoy the little things in life because someday you will realize they are the big things
A Dash of Socialism is Good for America
Joseph Bender, Mirada Staff
March 6, 2020
To assure the future health of the core values of America, the freedom of the individual and of the economy, Americans have no long-term effective option but to adopt such reforms as universal single-payer healthcare, affordable higher education, and the Green New Deal, which are by nature socialistic...
College Debt Demands a Solution
Joseph Bender, Mirada Staff
January 13, 2020
Student loan debt is a crisis in America. As I write this, 45 million Americans suffer with $1.6 billion in collective student loan debt, an amount second only to mortgage debt. It harms not only the debtors themselves but the economy as a whole by preventing the most innovative members of our socie...
Lana del Rey drops new album
Susannah Swindel, Mirada Staff
November 14, 2019
The first time I heard of Lana del Rey was around 2014, sitting in my sister’s room, listening to the ethereal “Summertime Sadness,” from her first album, “Born to Die”. I’ve been infatuated with her music ever since. Del Rey is known for pulling inspiration for her music from many sources -...
